Today, I made a typo in a line of code, bringing the company website down. Our admin was already pissed about having to work over Christmas, and he started yelling at me and ended up punching my supervisor when he got between us. Pretty sure my screw up indirectly got the poor guy fired. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML
Today, I had to call a coworker to the office via the store intercom. The damn thing didn't turn off properly and everyone heard me say, "I hate that asshole. Just be where your dumb ass should be." I realized my mistake a few seconds before my manager stormed in and threatened to fire me. FML
Today, I got a heads-up that my boss suffered a death in the family, but was coming into work anyway. I thought he'd be depressed, but it seems he deals with grief with anger instead. I found that out when he yelled at me, threatening to rip my spine out my ass over a typo I made in a report. FML
Today, my lazy bastard of a co-worker punched me straight in the jaw because he didn't get the promotion I did. Being his new manager, I fired him. A few hours later, I was fired for "abusing" my power. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, I was happy because my co-worker was almost about to get fired due to his lazy habits. It was all going so well. Then I accidentally put my biggest sale yet under his name. FML
Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML
Today, my boss sent me a text message saying, "You're fired. Merry Christmas!" FML
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Top comments
Mmkay1515 21
It's not your fault that he reacted so strongly and punched a guy.
dinkibus 18
I really don't see that as your fault that the guy over reacted and punched a superior
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Comments (67)
8djht8 19
If he can't be a professional then the company is better off without him. Each person is responsible for their own actions. That included swinging at someone regardless of the excuse.
error27 7
Your test infrastructure is crap. Also it sounds like you don't do proper version control. It should be easy to reverse a change to the website. The only good news is that at least the abusive bully was fired. No one will miss him and you can hire someone nicer.
jude_iscariot 7
That guy's anger issues got him fired. Punching a supervisor, or anybody, at work is a really stupid idea. That's not your fault.
xopher425 19
It's not your fault that he can't act like a mature, professional adult. He deserved getting fired.
ILikeKoalas 24
He definitely deserved that one, he brought it on himself. It's wasn't your fault.
kimise 21
Someone who uses violence in the workplace (or anywhere) should definitely get fired. That was not your fault!
HUGBUG 23
Holy crap
prc_ 5
Dont think about it like that. Not your fault. Either that guy cant control his temper = His fault. Or the company is pushing the admin team to work without enough resources, which might lead to such meltdown. Still not your fault, but company's. Its completely ******* normal that we make mistakes. And to avoid mistakes hitting production your company should provide development and staging environments where you test everything before they are actually pushed to the production site showed to public... this of course means all datasources etc need to have dev and/or stage envs too.
ChrisMora 16
I don't think that's your fault. You screwed up, to er is human. It's his fault for acting so irrationally and unprofessionally, regardless of his personal situation.
Sneaky_Snake44 4
He shouldn't of went to punch anyone